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Is there any merit to the studies that show

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that historical CO2 levels lag behind temperature changes, not lead them.

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Well yes, there's merit to that.

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In fact in the pre-industrial age, the CO2 response to temperature was that

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the temperature would go up and CO2 would go up.

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Or if the temperature went down, CO2 would go down.

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And the reason for that is when the temperature went up, the whole biosphere revved up and emitted CO2,

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and we had more CO2 in the atmosphere. So we understand that process.

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The problem for the science community is in the post-industrial age

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the CO2 rise is preceding the temperature rise.

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So two different things happened, one pre-industrial,

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where temperature was driving the CO2, and post-industrial,

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where CO2 was driving temperature. Which means a completely different physical-biological process is going on

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And we don't understand what the consequence of that change is.

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It is a fundamental change to how the earth works

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and the earth's radiation balance works.

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And so, we're very concerned because we don't see any restraining force

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on continued increase in temperature due to continued increase in CO2. And that's a problem.

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